A teacher, identified as Olayinka Folarin, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly defiling three under-aged primary school girls, including two orphans, who live in an orphanage, His Heritage Home

A kidnapping operation went awry, yesterday in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, as vigilant youths seized a member of the three-man kidnap gang, while two escaped.

Goods worth several millions of naira were yesterday destroyed by fire which gutted a market at the Low Cost Housing Estate, Oke-Afa, in Ejigbo Local Council Developmental Area of Lagos State.

Lagos State Government has appealed to striking Lagos State University, LASU lecturers to embrace dialogue instead of continuing with their industrial action which it described as “an unnecessary drawback for its spirited efforts to boost the academic standing and reputation of the institution.”

Pandemonium broke out, yesterday, at the Arepo pipeline on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Ogun State after suspected vandals reportedly shot dead two policemen and abducted two others during a gun battle.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, weekend demanded immediate relocation of Tank farms from Lagos and other ports formations across the country, warning that their continued operations close to the ports was threat to life and business.

Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, has appealed the ruling of a Federal High Court, Lagos, vacating the order of the court preserving the assets of a company indebted to it, for which it had appointed a Receiver manager, pending the final determination of the suit.

No fewer than five persons were killed while 52 others sustained injuries in an accident which occured, yesterday, at Gora village in Malumfashi Local Government of Katsina State.

SECURITY challenges in the North-East are seen as threats to the 2015 elections. Another threat to elections, beginning with the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State, is the legal squabble between the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Fresh Democratic Party, FDP.

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmad, said yesterday that the Federal Government should grant general amnesty to the members of the Boko Haram sect if they meet the conditions that gave rise to pardoning Niger Delta militants in 2009.